Adrián Simancas was paddling off the Patagonian city of Punta Arenas on Saturday when the giant baleen whale surged out of ...

There is excitement and concern for North Atlantic right whale mother and calf spotted in busy shipping lanes.

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

The blue whale is a type of baleen whale – the largest animal existing ... They are named fin whales due to their hooked dorsal fin on their back. The fin compromises around two-thirds of the body.

However, the list below discusses each of the largest animals in the world by type. The biggest animal in the world is the adult blue whale. They’re also the largest mammal in the world. Blue whales ...

A sperm whale washed ashore on Cuttyhunk Island off Cape Cod Sunday, the International Fund for Animal Welfare said in a statement. The most recent whale discovery is part of a series of whale ...

A humpback whale has got into difficulty after becoming entangled in rope at a fish farm off Skye. Organic Sea Harvest said it had suspended normal operations at its Invertote site in the north of ...

The Bracknell-based company has signed deals for Uniguest’s IPTV, digital signage and video-streaming software platform, and Blue Fin’s all-in-one digital displays. Distributor onemedia has signed ...

Japan will add large fin whales to its list of commercial whaling species, government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Thursday, five years after leaving an international body that regulates ...

Husavik, in the north of Iceland, is known as the ‘whale watching capital,’ where visitors can take a trip on a traditional wooden fishing boat to view humpback and blue whales as well as ...

Whale sharks are drawn to natural underwater features such as seamounts and canyons as well as ... [+] artificial features like offshore oil and gas platforms, with both acting as migratory ...

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